DENNISPORT – Police were busy Friday night with two driving accidents where suspects ran away, one resulting in the destruction of church property.

Around 10:30 p.m., a driver failed to pull over on Route 28 for officer Kristian Oberg, according to a police statement, and was driving erratically.

The vehicle, later determined to be driven by Ronnel King, 31, of Dennisport, left the road, struck a curb and a snowbank before coming to a stop at the parking lot of Jonathan Edward Motel in Dennisport, according to the statement.

King fled the scene, running into some nearby woods, the statement read. After a chase, he was arrested by Oberg and officer Marc Symington.

King was charged with operating a motor vehicle with a suspended registration, operating with a suspended license, failing to stop for police, speeding, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, marked lanes violation and resisting arrest.

Less than a half-hour later, a citizen called police reporting a truck ramming into the front of Our Lady of Annunciation Chapel on Upper County Road, according to a police statement.

Tied up at the previous call, Dennis police were assisted by Harwich police, who responded to the scene and found a Ford F350 pick-up truck that was badly damaged, the statement read.

The front portico of the chapel was also heavily damaged, police said. The suspect, later identified as Ethan Bedard, 25, of Hubbardston, ran into the woods and was arrested by Harwich and Dennis police after a chase, according to the statement.

Bedard was charged with failing to stop for police, leaving the scene of property damage, operating under the influence of alcohol (second offense) and a marked lanes violation.

Police determined Bedard's truck left the road and struck the church and he rammed the building multiple times in an attempt to drive off.

King and Bedard were let out on bail Friday night and will be arraigned Monday in Orleans District Court.